Posted by Jean-Daniel BREQUE on April 25, 2005, 11:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Many thanks!"195.36.151.194

Pat said about Edward Whittemore:: Tis true, tis true, and I think it a credit : to Mr. Whittemore the he created, let us : say, an "Irish Irish" character : (as oposed to the characters of Joyce who : are necessarily Irish by the locality of the : story) without resorting to patronizing : appeals for sympathy, unceasing annecdotal : speech, excessive (note, excessive) : quotations of poetry and other accouterments : of the "Irish character" stock and : trade. So cheers to Mr. Whittemore and thank : you for your very warm welcome! Siochan : leat! (peace be with you) : -Pat

I found a poetry quotation while translating Jerusalem Poker, that verse about "a pint of plain", and identified it as the work of Flann O'Brien, from his book At Swim-Two-Birds.

I then hunted a copy of the French translation of this book, in order to use it in my translation, and--though I only had time to browse it--it seemed I'd found one of Edward Whittemore's inspirations.

At the very least, Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Whittemore seemed to share a disdain for quotation marks...

Back to work,Jean-Daniel

P.S. At Swim-Two-Birds was published in 1939, and Joe quotes it in 1933. Time is.